>>>>> "A" == Andrew Walrond <andrew / walrond.org> writes:

A> $ ruby --version
A> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-27) [i686-linux]

 Can you update to the latest stable

svg% ruby -v
ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i686-linux]
svg% 


 the modification is perhaps here

Thu Dec 16 00:33:37 2004  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz / ruby-lang.org>

        * hash.c (Init_Hash): remove custom "hash" and "eql?".


Guy Decoux